Ice Rink Piné (

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and training facility located in , Baselga di Piné,

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History

The construction of the ice rink began in 1984 and was completed the following year. The official opening took place in January 1986 during an international ice speed skating competition. The Piné ice rink hosted the speed skating and curling competitions of the XXVI Winter Universiade of Trentino 2013 and the Junior Speed Skating World Championships in February 2019. Among the local skaters who grew up on the Piné oval are Roberto Sighel (first Italian winner of a world title) and

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(gold medal in team pursuit at the

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in Turin). The facility will host the XXV Winter Olympics of

2026. To this end, the oval will be subject to a radical redevelopment that will lead to the construction of a total coverage of the oval, with capacity to accommodate up to 5,000 spectators (3,000 people on the permanent stands and 2,000 people on the grandstands temponranee). The works, which will start in June 2021 and will end in October 2024, have an estimated cost of about 36,000000 USD. Located on the Piné plateau at an altitude of 1030 m above sea level, it will be the highest oval in Europe, giving Olympic athletes the opportunity to conquer new records of speed on ice.

Characteristics

The facility has an ice speed skating rink, known as Miola di Piné Oval, made of concrete with artificial refrigeration system (which can therefore be used both in winter and in summer with roller skates), consisting of two 113.58 metre long straight lines, connected by two 180° curves, and a total linear length of 400 metres. The width of the track is 12 metres. Next to the oval, a sports hall has been built which houses a 60 x 30 metre ice rink, used for winter sports such as

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and

curling Curling is a sport in which players slide stones on a sheet of ice toward a target area which is segmented into four concentric circles. It is related to bowls, boules, and shuffleboard. Two teams, each with four players, take turns sliding ...

Main events hosted

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: 2026 *

World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men The International Skating Union has organised the World Allround Speed Skating Championships for Men since 1893. Unofficial Championships were held in the years 1889–1892. History Distances used * In 1889, three distances had to be skated: 1/2 ...

: 1995 *

World Junior Speed Skating Championships In 1971, the ISU congress decided to hold a World Junior Speed Skating Championships. After two test-championships (1972 and 1973), where only a boys' competition was held in the 1972 edition, the first official championship was introduced in C ...

: 1993, 2019 *

European Speed Skating Championships The European Speed Skating Championships are a series of long track speed skating events held annually to determine the best allround speed skater of Europe. History The International Skating Union The International Skating Union (ISU) is the ...

: 2001 *

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(speed skating and curling) * Italian National Speed Skating Championships: 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2005 (sprint only), 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017

References

External links

* {{2026 Winter Olympics venues Olympic speed skating venues Speed skating venues Venues of the 2026 Winter Olympics